dist

noun

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The verdict

“dist” is uncommon French (frequency #53,268 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,268
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dit ; participe passé du verbe dire.

Key facts for dist
PropertyValue
Headworddist
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#53,268
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dist” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dist lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dist is uncommon French at frequency #53,268 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for dist in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dist, spelled D-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dit ; participe passé du verbe dire.
  2. 2
    Il dit ; troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de dire.
  3. 3
    Il dit ; troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif passé simple de dire.
  4. 4
    Qu'il dît ; troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif imparfait de dire.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dist"?
"dist" is spelled D-I-S-T.
What does "dist" mean?
As a noun, "dist" means: Dit ; participe passé du verbe dire.
What language does "dist" come from?
"dist" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “dist”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list